Happy Tuesday. Tonight, Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, who was sworn in the same day as Sen. Orrin Hatch, will face his moment of truth, as voters decide whether the 80-year-old senator will get dumped for tea party challenger, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. It is not looking good for Lugar.

"I don't think they anticipated the strength of the opposition they have encountered," said Indiana University professor Leslie Lenkowsky. [Trib]

Topping the news: CIA foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet on anniversary of Bin Laden killing. It was another underwear bomb attempt. [WaPost]

-> Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Southern Utah to dedicate two new conservation areas, but Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill making future designations more difficult. [Trib] He will be in Salt Lake City today to sign off on a major natural gas project. [Reuters]

Tweet of the Day: From @jpetersoninutah: "FACT: U of U Fed funds is $2.7B! = 1/6th of entire State budget! How will it be replaced when Feds cut spending?"

Inside the mind of Bob Bennett: Utah's former senator answered some interesting questions posed by Politico including what's his favorite body part (his brain) and what he would try if he couldn't fail (writing a Pulitzer Prize-wining play). But here is the one that caught our eye: What's a common and accepted practice for Americans nowadays that you think we'll look back on with regret? "The way we have tolerated wide disparities in the quality of our schools." [Politico]

In other news: Salt Lake City may charge people to park at meters until 10 p.m. That's right. Ten o'clock. At night. [Trib]

-> Forbes takes a look at Sen. Mike Lee's effort to spread the use of gold in commerce. [Forbes]

-> Columnist Peg McEntee slams Mitt Romney for campaigning with Bob Murray, co-owner of the Crandall Canyon coal mine, where nine men died in 2007. [Trib]

-> Robert Kirby delves into Utah's new 72-hour abortion waiting period, which goes into effect today, by suggesting a three-day wait to have sex. [Trib]

-> Utah Dems have sought all of the redistricting documents from the state Legislature. They have paid $5,000 and received one box. If they want the rest, they have to hand over another $8,000. [UtahPolicy]

-> A bunch of new laws go into effect today including the abortion wait time and the "ag-gag" bill. [DNews] [Herald]

2012 Watch: Rick Santorum endorses Romney, not at a rally or on TV, but in a long email to supporters which near the end says: "Above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated." [LATimes] [NYTimes]

-> BuzzFeed revisits Mitt Romney's disorderly conduct arrest in 1981 for launching his boat when he was told not to. It was a tumultuous time. [BuzzFeed]

-> Teamsters endorse  wait for it  President Barack Obama, meaning unions aren't following through on their earlier grumbling. [Politico]

-> Romney gets criticism for not correcting a woman who said that Obama should be tried for treason. [LATimes]

Rep. Jason Chaffetz meets with 4th District candidate Mia Love, goes to a Judiciary hearing, gives an interview to the London Times, then has meetings with representatives of the Electronic Retailing Associatio nand the Utah Dental Association.

Gov. Gary Herbert greets the national PTA president-elect, gets a briefing from John Baza on the Oil, Gas and Mining Board and then makes the legislative appointment for Keven John Stratton.

SLC Mayor Ralph Becker has a department directors meeting, before talking to Stan Nakano, the district director for the Small Business Administration. He also visits with the Donald Tong, the Hong Kong commissioner for economic and trade affairs.

SL Co. Mayor Peter Corroon attends the Economic Development Corp meeting and then the county council meeting.

WVC Mayor Mike Winder attends the executive meeting of the Economic Development Corp and then the city council meeting.

President Barack Obama travels to Albany to give an address on the economy at the nanotech complex at the State University of New York. He then returns to D.C. and delivers the keynote address for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies conference.

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 Matt Canham and Robert Gehrke Twitter.com/mattcanham and Twitter.com/RobertGehrke

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